Balsamarium

MS5067

From: Palestine | Toobas

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS5067
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Palestine | Toobas
Section Mediterranean
Materials Glass
Description

Green glass, little iridescence on outside. Heavily encrusted inside and at base and rim. High concave foot, now mostly broken off. Pontil mark on base. Bulbous body with long tapering neck. Rim flares widely and is folded inward to round edge. Remains of threads visible on neck and edge of rim; may have had a zigzag pattern.

Height 11.7 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Fr. Vester and Company, American Colony Store, Jerusalem, 1913
Other Number GL15 (ancient glass project) - Other Number | 2784 - Other Number

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